Bot War - the war wages on (clearing the backlog)
Democracy rising
This is weekend I started and finished the majority of the Eagles Veterans faction box and a couple of old booster packs for the Democracy faction. All that’s left are the 2 Jets that wouldn’t use the same colour scheme.
This was a real push for me, I almost never work on tanks or vehicles, but these 10mm scale armoured units were horrendously good fun and I really loved it. This may be why I got them all done over only 2 days.
Saturday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday evening - donePainting camouflage was a new experience for me and this was a good tear of my airbrush skills.
Not going for any specific type of camo or real world allegiances, I just glanced through the Colours of War book for inspiration before settling on a sandy green and green grey scheme. Does this work in the desert settings, no, does this work in urban settings, no, but I don’t care as I think it looks cool!
The basecoat was a mix of Citadel Air Typhon Ash, and Vallejo Model Air German Grey which gave me a lovely and desaturated warm sandy green. This was airbrushed all over.
Next I went in with a 0.15 needle on the airbrush drawing lines of pure Model Air German Grey.
Finally I brush edge highlighted with straight Citadel Air Typhon Ash. Using 2 colours like this really worked well and created a wonderful harmony in the overall effect.
The models were also shaded with a very thinned mix of Citadel Agrax Earthshade and Nuln oil to help create contrast against the desaturated colours.
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